South Korean students consistently top the league tables - leading Western leaders to look to Asia to fix our education systems. But South Korean students pay in other ways, meaning we shouldn't be so quick to try to replicate their system.

A combination of education and care makes Sweden’s early childhood education so much better than Australia’s.
Ebba DahlqvistMarch 5, 2015

Summer camps popular in the US are said to stop the summer "learning slide", which is particularly important for low socio-economic children. But camps can also be quite expensive. So should we adopt the practice here?

Schools in Canada are less selective, and therefore the system is more equitable.
Sean_MarshallFebruary 18, 2015

In most English-speaking countries, students are guaranteed a place at their local public high school. Students also have a right to apply for admission to a school of their choice, such as a private school…

International students: you can still study for free in Helsinki.
hugovkFebruary 17, 2015

All the Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – provide higher education free of charge for their own citizens and, until recently, international students have been able to study…